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My Wife On My Bike

My wife, who rides a KZ550, trying out my Buell XB12SS for the first time.

My wife, who rides a KZ550, trying out my Buell XB12SS for the first time.
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/60

upload_date

Nov, 2012

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Behind The Lens

Location

I was standing in the driveway of my house in Milwaukie, Oregon.

Time

This picture was taken on July 16, 2010 at 8:42 am.

Lighting

It was a typical summer morning and partially cloudy. The sun wasn't too high in the sky yet, so I was able to get that side lighting that I love.

Equipment

This was taken free-hand using a Canon 450D with kit lens, and no flash. The sense of speed in the photo is mainly due to the fact that I was tracking the bike as it rode past me. It wasn't actually going fast at all, since the street I live on is in a school zone! For the spec mongers out there: f/8.0, 1/60 sec, 18.0 mm, ISO 200.

Inspiration

My wife's motorcycle had been sitting in the garage, broken, for a couple of years at this point. She had gotten the itch to ride that morning, and asked if she could take my bike to work. I agreed, but since my bike was a bit bigger (1200 cc's versus her 550 cc's), she wanted to take it around the block a few times first, nice and slow to get used to it. I thought it might boost her confidence afterward to be able to see some pictures of how great she looked riding it, so I whipped out my camera and went to work.

Editing

The only post-processing I did on this picture was cropping, and changing it from color to B&W.

In my camera bag

When this photo was taken in 2010, I carried my trusty Canon Rebel XSi with standard kit lens. I've never been big on fancy gear or lugging a bunch of extras around. In fact, I am a firm believer in the old saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. Because I'm lazy, I didn't always have that behemoth with me when I needed it. Now that iPhone cameras have improved so dramatically, I rarely use the old DSLR anymore. I'm almost exclusively a smartphone photographer these days.

Feedback

Free-hand photography in combination with subject tracking is what made this shot. I used to think I needed a tripod and that I needed everything in focus to get a decent shot. Over the years however, some of my favorites pictures have been unexpected accidents, like this one. Time and again, the shots that seem to resonate with me the most are one out of a series of hand-held burst shots where I happened to luck out. The beauty of digital is that I can supplement my relative lack of skill with the 'quality through quantity' method!

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My Wife On My Bike

My wife, who rides a KZ550, trying out my Buell XB12SS for the first time.

Behind The Lens

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